Joe Biden nominates Indian-American diplomat Rachna Sachdeva as his envoy for Mali
WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American diplomat Rachna Sachdeva Korhonen as his envoy to Mali, the White Home has actually stated, the third such election of an Indian-American in over a month. A career member of the United States Foreign Service, Korhonen presently functions as Deputy Assistant Secretary and the Executive Director of the combined Executive Workplaces of the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. She formerly was the Consul General and Principal Officer of the United States Consulate in Dharan, Saudi Arabia, the White Home stated in a declaration on Friday. She likewise led the Management Area of the United States Embassy in Colombo, and, in Washington, she acted as an Unique Assistant to the Under Secretary for Management. Among her other assignments, Korhonen was the Supervisory General Services Officer and Senior Citizen Person Resources Officer at the US Embassy in Riyadh, and the
Political Chief of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kirkuk, Iraq. She likewise had tasks at the US Embassy in Kuwait and the United States Consulate General in Mumbai, the White Home said. Korhonen finished her undergraduate degree in Computer technology and Mathematics and operated in the corporate sector for AT&T, IBM as well as web start-up Zed prior to joining the State Department. She is from Flemington, New Jersey, according to her profile on the United States State Department’s site. Last month, President Biden announced his intent to choose Indian-origin diplomat Puneet Talwar as America’s ambassador to Morocco and Indian-origin political activist Shefali Razdan Duggal as his envoy to the Netherlands.
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